Name/TitleCommonplace Book
About this objectCommonplace Book with hardback marbled covers created by Annie Kingscote, dating from circa 1865 and 1866. Contains cut and pasted images, postcards and scraps; and handwritten poetry and notes written by the author and various friends and family members.
A small, ornate, unopened envelope was inserted into the book's cover.
MakerKingscote, Annie
Maker RoleCreator
Date Made1865-66
PeriodVictorian
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
Inscription and MarksInside cover, mid-page, in faded black ink:
A. Kingscote ~ Midsummer 1865
MeasurementsH: 225 x W: 180 x D: 13 mm
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book:
Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into blank books. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century. Such books are similar to scrapbooks filled with items of many kinds: notes, proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, prayers, legal formulas, and recipes. Entries are most often organized under systematic subject headings and differ functionally from journals or diaries, which are chronological and introspective [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeAlbum
Object numberGWL-2016-11
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved